diff --git a/readme.html b/readme.html
index 33832689..0f0838de 100644
--- a/readme.html
+++ b/readme.html
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ version of GLFW.</p>
   <li>[Cocoa] Postponed menu creation to first window creation</li>
   <li>[Cocoa] Replaced <code>NSDate</code> time source with <code>mach_absolute_time</code></li>
   <li>[Cocoa] Replaced all deprecated CoreGraphics calls with non-deprecated counterparts</li>
+  <li>[Cocoa] Bugfix: The <code>NSOpenGLPFAFullScreen</code> pixel format attribute caused creation to fail on some machines</li>
   <li>[Cocoa] Bugfix: <code>glfwOpenWindow</code> did not properly enforce the forward-compatible and context profile hints</li>
   <li>[Cocoa] Bugfix: The loop condition for saving video modes used the wrong index variable</li>
   <li>[Cocoa] Bugfix: The OpenGL framework was not retrieved, making glfwGetProcAddress crash</li>
diff --git a/src/cocoa_window.m b/src/cocoa_window.m
index dd548361..5bb33097 100644
--- a/src/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/src/cocoa_window.m
@@ -734,7 +734,6 @@ static GLboolean createContext(_GLFWwindow* window,
 
     if (wndconfig->mode == GLFW_FULLSCREEN)
     {
-        ADD_ATTR(NSOpenGLPFAFullScreen);
         ADD_ATTR(NSOpenGLPFANoRecovery);
         ADD_ATTR2(NSOpenGLPFAScreenMask,
                   CGDisplayIDToOpenGLDisplayMask(CGMainDisplayID()));